Yul Brynner
Birthday
1920/07/11
Day of death
1985/10/10 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Vladivostok, Russia
Also know as
Yuli Borisovich Bryner
Biography
Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born American actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on stage. He is also remembered as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille film The Ten Commandments, General Bounine in Anastasia and Chris Adams in The Magnificent ...Read more
Acting
(1995) Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self (archive footage)
(1960) The Magnificent Seven
as Chris Adams
(1973) Westworld
as The Gunslinger
(1976) Futureworld
as The Gunslinger
(1996) Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Triple Cross
as Baron von Grunen
(1958) The Buccaneer
as Jean Lafitte
(1972) Fuzz
as The Deaf Man
(1956) The Ten Commandments
as Rameses
(1949) Port of New York
as Paul Vicola
(1975) The Ultimate Warrior
as Carson
(1966) Return of the Seven
as Chris Adams
(1969) The Battle of Neretva
as Vlado
(2023) Chauves, la revanche
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) Solomon and Sheba
as Solomon
(1960) Testament of Orpheus
as Court Usher (uncredited)
(1965) Morituri
as Captain Müller
(1962) Taras Bulba
as Taras Bulba
(1958) The Brothers Karamazov
as Dmitri Karamazov
(1973) The Serpent
as Col. Alexi Vlassov
(1956) Anastasia
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
(1956) The King and I
as King Mongkut of Siam
(1968) Villa Rides
as Pancho Villa
(1963) Kings of the Sun
as Chief Black Eagle
(1969) The File of the Golden Goose
as Peter Novak
(2015) Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) Adiós, Sabata
as Sabata / Indio Black
(1971) The Light at the Edge of the World
as Jonathan Kongre
(1964) Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
(1971) Catlow
as Catlow
(1959) The Journey
as Major Surov
(1967) The Long Duel
as Sultan
(1967) The Double Man
as Dan Slater / Kalmar
(1976) Death Rage
as Peter Marciani
(1969) The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Chairman
(1962) Escape from Zahrain
as Sharif
(1964) Flight from Ashiya
as TSgt. Mike Takashima
(1966) The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Colonel Salem
(1959) The Sound and the Fury
as Jason Compson
(1971) Romance of a Horsethief
as Captain Stoloff
(1960) Once More, with Feeling!
as Victor Fabian
(2002) My Sister Maria
as Himself (archive)
(1960) Surprise Package
as Nico March
(2003) Broadway's Lost Treasures
as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
(1966) Cast a Giant Shadow
as Asher Gonen
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1969) The Magic Christian
as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
(1969) Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
as ---
(1961) Goodbye Again
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) Flowers from a Stranger
as Dr. Nestri
(2015) Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) On Location with Westworld
as Self (uncredited)
(1950) Flowers from a Stranger
as Dr. Nestri
(2020) Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2024) Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Dr. Nestri
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1972) Anna and the King
as King Mongkut
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1954) Reflets de Cannes
as Self